Person Detail: John Steinbeck

Biography:(1902-1968) Novelist, playwright. John Steinbeck lived at Sneden's Landing near Palisades, New York, in 1942, and in Sag Harbor, New York, during the summers of the 1950s until his death in 1968; Southampton College has set up a place for writers in his memory. He also lived at 175 East 78th Street in Manhattan, New York. The United States Postal Service honored John Steinbeck in 1979 with the issuance of its first stamp in the Literary Arts series. He was the father of novelist Thomas Steinbeck.

Author's Timeline:

1942

Rockland County
Steinbeck lived at Sneden's Landing near Palisades, New York in 1942.

1950

Suffolk County
Steinbeck lived in Sag Harbor, New York during the summers of the 1950s until his death in 1968.

1946

New York County
Mr. Steinbeck lived at 175 East 78th Street in Manhattan, New York, from 1946 until 1949.

1902

(Unknown) County
John Steinbeck was born in Salinas, California, on February 27, 1902.

1968

(Unknown) County
John Steinbeck died in New York, New York in 1968.

1942

(Unknown) County
The Moon is Down Novel.

1952

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East of Eden Novel.

1957

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The Short Reign of Pippin IV Novel.

1968

(Unknown) County
John Steinbeck's remains were cremated and buried in the Garden of Memories Memorial Park, Salinas, Monterey County, California.

1929

(Unknown) County
Cup of Gold Novel.

1939

(Unknown) County
The Grapes Of Wrath Novel; winner of the National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize for fiction.

1937

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Of Mice and Men Novel.

1945

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Cannery Row Novel.

1962

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Steinbeck received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1962.

1932

(Unknown) County
The Pastures of Heaven Short stories.

1933

(Unknown) County
To a God Unknown Novel.

1935

(Unknown) County
Tortilla Flat Novel.

1925

Kings County
Steinbeck moved to New York and was a resident, for a time, of the Fort Greene neighborhood in Brooklyn, New York.

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Suffolk County
Southampton College has a place for writers as a memorial to Mr. Steinbeck.